Sapphire Pulse Radeon Rx Vega 56 Review

We asked jamie to check the 1440p performance of sapphire pulse rx vega 56 8gb in games like battlefield 1 star wars.

Sapphire pulse radeon rx vega 56 review.

Given how massive the vega 56 die is and the fact that it packs more transistors way more cores and sports hbm2 memory for over a 20 increase in bandwidth it s remarkable what amd has. Battlefront ii pubg prey and fortnit. Keep in mind that power draw is high. Meet the sapphire nitro rx vega 56 8g back when we reviewed amd s reference radeon rx vega 56 we measured 223w of power consumption using the main firmware s balanced power profile.

Vega 56 is an excellent choice for 1440p gaming. The factory overclocked gpu can run power hungry games easily with a boost clock of 1512 mhz and 8 gb of vram. Once tuned i was able to run ultra graphics on division 2 and it looks beautiful. Was able to under volt stage 7 to 1050 with a 1605 clock speed.

I upgraded from a rx 580 to this sapphire vega 56 on a 1920x1200 monitor. Wattage was reduced to max of 152w and in games is averaging 92w 120w.